BBS Social Science - 2nd Semester Research FUN

Your topic should be something that has significance in the modern world
Your topic must be specific to a particular country or region within a country
Be sure there is sufficient current historical research available (primary and secondary sources) from the last 10 years (could be older if still applicable to a modern issue)
- This means that you must look online for RELIABLE sources (go here to check out how to evaluate sources) - online historical journals (written by historians), news articles, letters, diaries/journals (eyewitness accounts)
- Go to ocpl.org for search your topic for possible books - you must have at least 3 books on the topic (or portions of books). This often requires some creativity - use the index or table of contents
- Go to amazon.com and search your topic, get the title of the book, and look up that book on the library website (ocpl.org)
- Orange County library also provides access to magazines and journals such as Time, National Geographic, Smithsonian, History Today etc. through ocpl.org (you can access with your OC Library card)
DO PLENTY OF RESEARCH BEFORE YOU CHOOSE YOUR TOPIC. Once you select your topic, it will not be convenient to change it.

Considerations before choosing a topic
Steps for choosing a topic

2nd Semester Research FUN